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In 2015, it was sold 89.4 million new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in the world, which is more by 2.3% than the last year. In our country 1.6 million of these cars were sold - less by 36% than a year ago.

According to the data of analytic agency "AUTOSTAT", among the officially presented automakers in the Russian market for the last month * the prices have changed at thirty of them. Thus, there were not raised and not lowered the prices of cars for a month only at fifteen brands.

Russian dealers of Skoda started to take orders for a new series of Monte Carlo, produced in honor of the victories of Czech brand in major international competitions, including the Monte Carlo Rally - the oldest rally race in the world.

At the end of 2015 the share of sales in Russia of models Peugeot Partner, Expert and Boxer was 24% of the total number of sold commercial vehicles of the French brand in the world. Joint efforts of the companies Peugeot and "Bank PSA Finance Rus" allowed them to occupy a leading position among the other markets in Europe, Africa and Latin America, informed the press service of "Peugeot Citroen Rus".

Brand Datsun started sales in Belarus, which has become the third market in the CIS countries. Since February 25th, 2016 Datsun offers residents of Belarus a full model range of brand - sedan Datsun on-DO and hatchback Datsun mi-DO, which are produced by AvtoVAZ plant in Togliatti, in Russia.

Renault Russia company starts to export vehicles to Vietnam market. This is the Renault Duster, assembled at the Moscow plant, as well as Renault Logan and Sandero Stepway, which are produced on the assembly line of AvtoVAZ in Togliatti.

As part of the launch of the new crossover Creta at the end of January of 2016 Russian plant of Hyundai Motor Company restarted the production line of the plant after a large-scale modernization within the preparation for the launch of new car models.

Holding "BIPEK AUTO" in the last year bought 15 LADA dealer centers in the Siberian and Urals federal districts. The CEO of assembly plant, Erzhan Mandiev, said about future plans in an interview with the analytic agency "AUTOSTAT"

Company Mercedes-Benz plans the appearance of a new pick-up in the Russian market at the end of 2017 - beginning of 2018. "Kolesa.ru" portal informed about this the Vice President of Mercedes-Benz Vans, Soren Heze, by noting that companies are considering Russia as one of the most important markets for new products.

Company "AZIA AVTO Kazakhstan" expects to increase the production of LADA cars up to 19 thousand units by the end of 2016. The CEO of assembly plant, Erzhan Mandiev, said about it in an interview with the analytic agency "AUTOSTAT".

Russian dealers of Mazda by the results of January of 2016 sold 1411 cars, which is less by 41% than a year ago. Best-seller of brand is a crossover Mazda CX-5, sales of which were 975 cars in the last month (-19.1%).

General Director Honda Motor, Takahiro Hatigo, resigns. Together with the head of the company the resignation was announced by nine senior managers, including Chief Financial Officer, Fumihiko Ike, and the executive vice-president, Tetsuo Iwamura.

LADA Largus will soon receive a more powerful motor. The head of the project LADA Largus, Ilya Artemyev, said about it in an interview, published on the official LADA page in the social network "Vkontakte".

GM-AVTOVAZ today goes to work in one shift, 5 days (40 hours) a week instead of two shifts, but the speed of the assembly line will increase by almost half. Thus, the planned volume of production in the current year will be kept, - the agency "AUTOSTAT" was informed by the press-service of joint venture.

According to the agency “Auto-Dealer-SPb", in January of 2016 the St. Petersburg car manufacturers Hyundai, Nissan and Toyota have produced 10,600 passenger cars, which is less by 46% compared to the last year.

As previously reported "AUTOSTAT", AVTOVAZ offers online ordering system for customers of cars. Advantages of the system – is the saving of time, spent at the dealership, the possibility of prepaid Visa / MasterCard bank cards by Internet acquiring of "Sberbank", informed the press service of AVTOVAZ.

At the end of 2015 the analytic agency "AUTOSTAT" held the next (second annual) study on "Preservation of the residual value of the car”, in which there were calculated indexes of residual value and it was made a rating of models by segments and it was identified brands-leaders in price ranges "Standard" and "Premium".

Ravon Company by the results of January of 2016 sold in the Russian market 1269 cars, which is less by 37% than a year ago. Best-selling brand in the last month was Gentra sedan, sales of which were 957 cars (-1%).

Russian dealers of Mercedes-Benz by the results of January of 2016 sold 3205 passenger cars and SUVs, which is more by 1% than in the previous year. As a result, Mercedes-Benz's market share rose to 4.2%, according to the AEB, and the share of the brand among the largest "German three" was a record 53% in January.

The solemn ceremony of production of the millionth car will take place at the Kaluga plant of Volkswagen concern on February 26th. It was announced by First Deputy Governor of the Kaluga region, Alexei Laptev, without naming what specific model will be the anniversary car.

Group of companies "KAMAZ-Leasing" in 2015 increased its share in the leasing market of "KAMAZ" vehicles from 17% to 26%, compared to the 2014 year. The leasing market of "KAMAZ" vehicles was 4000 units, informed the press service of KAMAZ.

According to the analytic agency "AUTOSTAT", the prices of foreign passenger cars, imported into Russia, raised most of all during the last year. The weighted average price of such new vehicles increased by 54% and by the end of 2015 it was almost 2.4 million rubles.

According to the analytic agency "AUTOSTAT", the average age of passenger cars in Russia is 12.5 years. The average age of foreign cars is much less - 9.9 years. At the same time, the age of the domestic passenger car (including brands of CIS) is 16 years in average.

According to the analytic agency "AUTOSTAT", the largest share of sales of new passenger cars falls on foreign cars, produced in Russia. At the end of 2015 their share reached 59% in the Russian market, sales were about 880 thousand units. At the same time this figure was 33% back in 2010.

In the current economic conditions, potential buyers are forced to reconsider their plans for buying a car. This survey was conducted by "AUTOSTAT" analytical agency at the beginning (in February) and at the end (December) of 2015 year.

In terms of reducing of the domestic market, KAMAZ plans to strengthen its presence in foreign countries in the coming years. It is not just about increasing of sales of Russian trucks to the countries, with which it was already signed a contract on the supply, but also about the opening of new markets.

By the results of 2015 about 90 million new cars were sold in the world. For the year Russia was not included in the top-10 of leading markets in the world, as it was in the 2014th (8th place). With almost 1.5 million sold units, our country was only in the top-15, occupying the 12th place.

Sales of passenger cars in Europe increased by 6.3% in January, up to 1 million 093 thousand 565 vehicles. As the representatives of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) noted, a positive trend, which is fixed for 29 months in a row, remains stable that allows them to count on a further increase in demand in the short term

On February 15th, AvtoVAZ raised prices for the most of its models. According to the portal "Kolesa.ru" the family LADA Granta has risen in price by 15 - 30 thousand rubles, depending on the configuration and modification.

The company "Mazda Sollers" in Vladivostok in mid-February produced the 90,000th vehicle since the start of production in October of 2012. Jubilee car became a crossover Mazda CX-5 in Meteor Gray color with 2-liter petrol engine, front-wheel drive and automatic transmission.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited KAMAZ with a business trip. During his trip to Naberezhnye Chelny the head of the state took part in the solemn meeting dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the launch of the first car "KAMAZ".